Items carried at US Capitol by some in the mob, per court filings:
Guns, bear spray, hockey stick, baseball bat, taser, sharpened flagpole, knives, scissors, tourniquet, plastic knuckles, lacrosse stick
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Tomahawk ax
Zip ties
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Strobe light
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Rope and gallows
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Tree Branch, Pipe, Stick, Baton, Crutch, Club
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Fire extinguisher
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(stolen) shields
Add: Steel-toed boots
Add: Four foot rod
ADD: Metal whip
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: Rocks
Add: "Eye damaging" laser devices
ADD: Large speaker
Add: Pitchfork
ADD: Wooden plank and tossed bottle
ADD: "Poles with nails in them"
ADD: Coffee tumbler and bucket of liquid
ADD: Bottles
ADD: PVC pipe
ADD: Laser pointer
ADD: Metal spear
ADD: Pitchfork
ADD: Large speaker equipment, which broke an officer's foot when thrown
ADD: Gadsden Flag
ADD: Plywood
ADD: Police barricade as battering ram
ADD: Large Trump sign
ADD: "Electroshock weapon" and "wasp spray"
ADD: Large metal trashcan
(video via court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Wooden table leg
ADD: Skateboard
ADD: Hard plastic pylon
ADD: "Loaded Taurus Revolver"
ADD: Raid insecticide and WD-40 sprayed at police. Per interviews with officers
ADD: Helmet and crow bar
ADD: "Orange traffic barrier"
ADD: "Hard-knuckle tactical gloves"
ADD: Broom stick
ADD: "Large wooden object"
(That's what the court filing says)
ADD: Sledgehammer
ADD: "Ballistic plate carrier" and crowbar
ADD: "Trump flag being thrown like a javelin"
ADD: "White piece of wood"
ADD: Plastic bottle
ADD: "Water bottles"
ADD: Furniture Leg
ADD: Red/orange-colored barrier
ADD: Tabletop
ADD: "Parts of chairs"
ADD: "Metal sign frame"
ADD: Police baton used against officer
ADD: Flashlight
ADD: A**KICKING BOOTS
ADD: A thrown scooter... which appears to tangle the feet of police in this bodycam video ===>
ADD: "Full beer can"
ADD: “wooden handrail”
ADD: Batteries.... thrown at police
ADD: Battering ram device
ADD: "American flag on a light-tan colored pole"
ADD: Blue Trump flag
ADD: "A metal sign so large it was on wheels and took multiple people to lift it"
(per newly filed court motion by Justice Dept in case against defendant Thomas Hamner)
ADD: "Half of a softball"
(Defendant accused of using ball and flagpole and smashing window glass goes on trial tomorrow)
ADD: "Plastic Pipe"
ADD: "Pointed metal attachments on .. wooden pole"
ADD: Velvet rope stand
ADD: "Captain America-style shield affixed to a small wooden-handled broom"
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This ===>
ADD: Huge metal-framed Trump sign with wheels "about the size of a human head"
ADD: Bricks
ADD: "Metal knuckled gloves"
ADD: Coat rack
ADD: Enormous 2x4 beams
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Enormous US flag
(Via video court exhibit released by US Justice Dept)
ADD: Railing
In newly unsealed Jan 6 case against James McNamara of Chicago, prosecutors allege he used a "railing" to ram a Capitol door several times
ADD: Stairwell beam
Police testimony at trial of Capitol riot defendant Bigo Barnett said a stairwell beam was thrown at police by someone in the mob (not by Barnett)
Police captain said the beam and other thrown items helped rioters breach the police line
ADD: "Hammer"
In court filing today, Jan 6 defendant from California acknowledges carrying hammer on his belt loop... citing concern about "Antifa"
ADD: "Grappling Hook"
Feds say Garret Miller carried the hook while amid mob on Jan 6. They argued "Miller was at the forefront of every barrier overturned, police line overrun, and entryway breached.."
A judge sentenced Miller to 38 months prison yesterday
ADD: A *lit* and thrown device that appeared to be a firecracker
(From sentencing memo and this week's hearing in Capitol riot case of David Lee Judd ====> )
ADD: "Large hunting knife in sheath on his belt"
From new US Justice Dept court filing... seeking pretrial detention in Capitol riot case of Kenneth Bonawitz, who's accused of dive-tackling two police officers
ADD: "Pepper gel"
At today's sentencing of Capitol riot defendant AIden Bilyard, prosecutors said his homemade pepper gel is "thicker, easier to aim acccurately"... "designed to cause pain"
ADD: "Billy Club" .... "Tire Thumper"
Per sentencing memo from defendant Shelly Stallings.. about her husband
ADD: "Metal coffee mug" thrown at police
Per newly filed Justice Dept case against Illinois defendant
ADD: Velvet rope
ADD: Wooden pallet
Latest weapon alleged to have been used in the US Capitol siege. According to newly posted charging documents in the case of Ronald Bryan of Louisiana
First line of 39-page opinion from Judge Amir Ali in DC:
"The Constitution forbids government officials from using their power to retaliate against people for their speech.. even when the speech is critical of the government"
Judge restores security clearance to whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid
(MORE)
Trump stripped Zaid's clearance in an executive order in opening days of 2nd term
Zaid told me Trump wanted him "taken off the playing field"
Zaid sued in DC federal court
(MORE)
Judge's ruling to restore Zaid's security clearance
"This case involves the government’s retribution against a lawyer because he represented whistleblowers and other clients who complained about the government, carried out by summarily canceling the attorney’s security clearance without any of the process that is afforded to others"
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
At 930am, arguments begin here at DC federal court in the civil lawsuit brought by some U.S. House members against Trump, alleging he violated federal law by galvanizing the Jan 6 rioters and attack
Judge hears arguments on whether case should proceed
Arguments are underway here in DC federal court in civil lawsuit by Members of Congress seeking damages from Trump for Jan 6
Question today: Will case be allowed to proceed?
Former Rep Barbara Lee (D-CA) is lead plaintiff. She’s here in the (very) crowded courtroom on 4th floor
Eight defense lawyers are at the table representing Trump… who is not here
NEW: Justice Dept files motion in court seeking to dismiss civil lawsuit filed by injured police officers who responded on Jan 6
Officers' suit sought court order to hang the legally-required Jan 6 honorary plaque for police
Justice Dept argues the plaque is faulty!
(MORE)
The Justice Department argues that the plaque that's been shown on Capitol Hill "lists the names of approximately twenty-one law enforcement entities not the approximately 3,648 individual names of law enforcement personnel provided to the Architect"
Justice Dept motion (more): "Thus, the plaque referenced in that testimony is not the plaque directed by the statute, which calls for the creation of a plaque
'listing the names of all of the officers"
ALERT: Former FBI agents file suit alleging "unlawful retaliation" against Kash Patel & FBI.. for firings over their kneeling response during DC unrest after George Floyd murder
Suit: "As a result of their tactical decision to kneel, the mass of people moved on without escalating to violence"
The dozen fired FBI agents are seeking a court order to restore their jobs and provide backpay
Suit: "Plaintiffs were among the FBI personnel deployed during this period and saw the potential for violence first-hand" .. they say the kneeling was a de-escalation tool
FBI agents lawsuit (MORE): "Plaintiffs had been informed that the purpose of the deployment was to show a visible law enforcement presence, and they wore vests marked 'FBI' and carried their firearms. But they were not properly prepared or instructed to conduct crowd control operations"
FLASH: Judge rules James Comey criminal case is dismissed without prejudice. Judge determined the US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully appointed
"All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside."
From the judge: "The Attorney General’s authority to appoint an interim U.S. Attorney lasts for a total of 120 days from the date she first invokes section 546 after the departure of a Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney. If the position remains vacant at the end of the 120-day period, the exclusive authority to make further interim appointments under the statute shifts to the district court"